A Belgrade landlord found more than dirt when he was cleaning out some furniture last week. He found a chunk of prime real estate. DEIRDRE EITEL /CHRONICLE Michael Mattson found this original homestead document in the used dresser he bought to …
But don’t get the wrong idea. Mary and Luke were married in December after a courtship of nearly two years, most of which they spent 10,000 miles apart. The couple met at the ceremonial start of the Iditarod in March 2006 after a series of e-mails …
For many years a huge Manila garbage dump known as Smokey Mountain was a favorite media symbol of Third World poverty. Several thousand men, women, and children lived on that dump–enduring the stench, the flies, and the toxic waste in order to make …
The summer after graduating from college, we shared the best job in the world. Armed with a GPS unit, a digital camera and the keys to an electric-blue Dodge Durango, we were charged with tracking down and evaluating the condition of historic …